Fender adjusting means



y 1932- c. PFLUM ET AL v 1,860,200

FENDER ADJUSTING MEANS Original Filed Feb. 26, 1930 Inventor) By 4 I! Aiiorney- Patented May 24, 1932 UNITED STATES CARL. PFLUM AND NORIBAGUERIN, OF"CON1\TERSVILLE, INDIA IST A FENDER ADJUSTING MeansApplication filed February 26, 1930, Serial No. 431,560. Renewed ril,16, 1932.

This invention relates to adjusting and regulating means for plant andfender guards such as are employed on agricultural machines of variouskinds. The invention has .5- more particular reference to an appliancein .the nature of an attachment whichis express ly, but. notnecessarily, adapted to fit on the right hand side of aMcCOrmack-Deering two-row corn plow.

The present system requires that the plow be stopped and the driver mustregulate each of the four individual fenders one at a time with thefender chains. This requires from three to five minutes time. Thisoperation is 18 seldom if ever performed by the farmer because thepresent system is too unhandy and requires too much of his time to bechanging back and forth as the condition of the field demands.

2 Tall or'short corn, weedy or clean corn, rough or fine ground, backfurrow or dead furrow all require certain operations from the fendersthat cannot be performed with I ease or speed with the present system.Therefore the corn does not get the correct attention it should get anddoes not produce as much as it should produce.

Our device bolts direct to the frame in the exact center between the twoslots that at 80 present hold the fender chains of the McCormack-Deeringtwo-row plow.

described, an operating lever itself swings just under the cross memberof the frame and 85 is bent to fit between the two levers that raise andlower the gangs. fastened in the key-hole slots on the cross member ofthe lever, the same as they were fastened on the frame.

From this position the chains will not have to be moved again during theentire plowing season. When the difference in the corn or the groundrequire a different position of the fenders all that is necessary toalter that po sition is to grip the handle of the lever, re-

leasing the plunger and raising or lowering another notch as desired.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the appliance showinga fragmentary portion (in The chains are thendotted lines) ofthe frameof the machine as well as thedotted depending'fender chains. Figures 2and 3 are sectional views on the lines'22 and 33 respectivelyof Figure1..

The attachment comprises a major part in 5 the nature of a levergenerally designated by the reference character 4. The inner end portion of this is provided with a cross head 5' located in spaced relationand rearwardly of shown; The outerjendportionofthe'lever .is offset asM9 and terminates ina ha'ndgrip;

10. Pivotally mounted on this is acompan ion grip 11 whichconstitutes'an operating" member for a pull wire 121" This pulllwire isf connected with'aheaded locking pin 13 ex- 0 tending through a guideleland engaging the teeth of the retaining segment 15. The numeral 16designates a'springbetween the head of a locking pinfand the guide letfor holding the pin seated," i p ;"-7

The gear segment is formed integral wit an attachingflbracket 17. Theattaching bracket comprises" an apertured plate 1 8 which is boltedorotherwise fastened tothe frame bar 6. The'toothed segment'includes "soabearing hole in" which a pintle forming pro- With this system bolted tothe frame as jection 19 onthe lever is rockably mounted. The numeral 20designates a; retaining bolt for fastening the lever to the segment; V vThe device herein shownfand'described is characterized by simplicityandeconomyin manufacture and sale. It can be readily installedby unskilledhands, andis'su'sceptible 'of expeditious manipulation. It is onlynecessary to drill four holes in the frame to 9'0 accommodate the devicewhen it is used in duplex arrangement for a double-row culti vator. V 1

Considering the handle'as one piece, our

idea has but two parts; the handle and the )5 i quadrant, whereas theprior art devices require many separate parts. Therefore it can be seenthat our idea has practically no wear out to it and if accidentallybroken it can be removed and repaired in less than one-fourth "in r i ii"quadrant asu fiicfiently loose to, operate easily. IIt'is thought. thatpersons skilled in the] the time required for a similar regulator. Beingless complicated it can be seen that 1t is sturdy, solid, reliable andefficient. I Then, too, it has the advantage of being able to operateeither side separately from the other side. Perhaps a corn row would bein a back furrow or a dead furrow, then one side would have to be higheror lower than the other side to'compen sate 'for the "difference in theground. AlSOthGIQ'jlSsfiibS V utely :no' can Wear out. w, The. bolt thatholds the quadrant to the handle has no Wear, weig ht o r prssure 1 uponit, as this is taken care of by a hollow extensionohthe handle (beingcast thereas a part of the handle) that passes through the hole ihthequadrant being flush on the oppo- V I ljsite'jside and the [bolt passingthrough this n hole, thereforefthe on'lyduty this bolt per-' 7 formsbeingto hold the handle against the antjto Whiohf'the invention relateswill be able to obtainlaclear understanding of the invention aftervconsidering the description in c ')nn,elction with; the drawings.Therefare, a more I lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary. I

,"M'inofr'fo'hanges"ini-shape, size, and rearrang'ement of detailshoming, Within the 'field of inventionolailned may be.;.resorted to inactual. practiceii desired. .7 I I qfwefilalmr Anlattachment zfioradjusting the fenders of an agricultural implement comprising a bracketadapted to beeonnected to a part-of the implementframe a segment formedwith the bracket and. having a part depending thereifr'oin a hand leverhaving a bearing W formin projection orionepside thereof, the pseglnenthavingr ahole therein to receive said plq'jectiema ivot boltp'assingthrough the projection and the lever for holding the projectioninathe opening in=the segment, .a v

cross piece ,Onone end of the lever having 7 key 11016 shaped slotsthereinnfor receiving tur'es. i

the chains of fendergaspring pressed pawl carried by thejleverand.adagpted'to engage the teeth of lthje segmentfa handqgrilp pivotallycionneeted'wi-ththe lever and associit ji wifihi' the ghand' partvthereofii'and a link 7 e we n the hand'gripand'the pawl. 7

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